Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY.
Macy Mullins can’t say why the job posting grabbed her attention—it had the pull of a fisherman’s lure, barbed hook and all—vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she's not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for.
Besides, it’s only three days’ work…
Three days, cooped up in a stranger’s house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness.
What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property—and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.
Follow the Rites...
Macy Mullins is trying to support herself and her younger sister since their father's death. She is drowning in unpaid bills and threats of eviction when she answers an ad for a three-day job as a caretaker. The pay is great but there's a catch. She thought she would be taking care of a person. Instead, she is meant to follow a bizarre regimen of timed tasks. There are consequences for failing a task within the allotted time, and they increase in severity with each failure. Macy does not believe in any of these consequences; it all sounds to her like the ramblings of a troubled mind. She accepts the job and becomes a believer.
I was so excited when I received an invitation to read this! I loved the author's first book and can't wait to see the movie they are making from it. The Caretaker is also being made into a movie, and there are a few changes I hope they will make for the screen.
I loved the premise of this book. The house and wooded land it sits on are creepy. The tasks that must be completed are not physically difficult, but emotionally challenging. The atmosphere was delightfully spooky. What hampered my enjoyment was the repetitiveness and the back and forth between Macy and her sister who was not even there; it was just a running commentary in Macy's head. It made me want to skim the parts where Macy imagined what her sister would say about every situation. Don't let me dissuade you from reading it. Lots of people enjoyed it more than I did, and you might too. This was just an ok read for me.
My thanks to Atria/Emily Bestler Books/12:01 Books
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